title: [Acute intestinal obstruction].
abstract: A 12-year-old boy is admitted for emergency surgery for acute abdominal syndrome. The intervention showed strangulation of the terminal ileum by the vermiform appendix. The pathology analysis showed bilharzial appendicitis by Schistosoma haematobium. The patient was treated with praziquantel. The literature is not plentiful on this subject. Because protozoiasis is endemic in this area, it should be looked for in all cases of appendicitis, as it requires medical treatment in addition to the appendectomy.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie pédiatrique, centre hospitalier universitaire pédiatrique Charles-de-Gaulle de Ouagadougou, boulevard du Tansoba, BP 1198, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ouédraogo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wandaogo
authors.forename: É
authors.initials: É
authors.lastname: Bandré
authors.forename: É
authors.initials: É
authors.lastname: Balima
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ouédraogo
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Tapsoba
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Soré
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Béré
authors.forename: R A F
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kaboré
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D002050:Burkina Faso; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012548:Schistosoma haematobium; D012553:Schistosomiasis haematobia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D011223:Praziquantel
keywords: Burkina Faso; bilharzial appendicitis